26.06.2008, 19:23
I_B_Spectre Wrote:You may've seen this footage, but it's a decent WWII color film about the 362nd Fighter Group, 377th Squadron Jugs flying out of Etaine, France. It has a step-by-step engine start procedure showing the cockpit setup and control setup.The vintage footage is good but I'm pretty sure there are some scenes from Thunderbolt! slipped in there. Also, the start-up procedure is actually Jeff Ethell in the modern restoration 'Tarheel Hal.' It looks like whoever put together the 362nd FG/ 377th FS tribute video chopped up the Ethell footage, dirtied it up a little and gave it a new voice-over. (Ha ha, and they also blotted out that modern guage above Ethell's knee.)
Compare for yourself.
The scene showing the slip ball on the gunsight seems valid though.
